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title: "CVE-2012-4573\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4573

Publication date 7 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1)
allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary non-protected images
via an image deletion request, a different vulnerability than
CVE-2012-5482.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4573?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| glance | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2012.2-0ubuntu2.3 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2012.1.3+stable~20120821-120fcf-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4573?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Diablo (in Ubuntu 11.10) not affected per upstream
also affects v2 api in Folsom+ (Ubuntu 12.10+)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| glance | * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/gitweb?p=openstack%2Fglance.git;a=commitdiff;h=efd7e75b1f419a52c7103c7840e24af8e5deb29d> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/gitweb?p=openstack%2Fglance.git;a=commitdiff;h=90bcdc5a89e350a358cf320a03f5afe99795f6f6> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/gitweb?p=openstack/glance.git;a=patch;h=fc0ee7623ec59c87ac6fc671e95a9798d6f2e2c3> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4573)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4573)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4573)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4573)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1626-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1626-1)
+ Glance vulnerability
+ 8 November 2012

+ [USN-1626-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1626-2)
+ Glance vulnerability
+ 9 November 2012

### Other references

* <https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg18386.html>
* <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/15562/>
* <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/15563/>
* <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/15659/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4573>